A nice QSL package from BESI in Florida arrived in the mail some weeks ago confirming my reception of Radio Kahuzi on 6210 kHz back at Lista in October 2008! A reception report to Radio Kahuzi was sent just a few months ago so the reason for such a late reply is entirely my own 🙂 .
I haven’t heard Radio Kahuzi since that day in 2008. According to missionary and founder of Radio Kahuzi, Richard McDonald, their shortwave transmitter on 6210 is still on air but now signs off as early as 15.00 UTC. When we heard them, the station didn’t sign off untill 20.00 UTC. A significant difference indeed making reception of Radio Kahuzi on shortwave next to impossible in Europe now. Richard McDonald reports that the station gets good signal reports from their coverage area though, the border area between Congo, Rwanda and Burundi.
Radio Kahuzi transmits from the city of Bukavu in Eastern Congo. Their shortwave transmitter is listed with a mere 0.8 kilowatt of power. The station is associated with HCJB and broadcasts Christian programming in many languages (The WRTH lists programming in French, English, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Lingala, Mashi, Swahili and Tshiluba). The station also has an interesting blog, which is well worth following.
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